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Urinary Stone Disease

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Definition

Nephrolithiasis is the formation of stones in the kidney, while urolithiasis is stone in the urinary system. The existence of nephrolithiasis was known to Hippocrates, who described the symptoms of renal colic: “An acute pain is felt in the kidney, the loins, the flank and the testis of the affected side; the patient passes urine frequently; gradually the urine is suppressed. With the urine, sand is passed.”

Nephrocalcinosis, when there is generalized increase in Calcium content of the kidney, which can be microscopic or macroscopic when you can see abnormal renal tissue using radiologic evaluation.

Epidemiology

Geographical Distribution

The incidence of urolithiasis in a given population is dependent on the geographic area, racial distribution, and socioeconomic status of the community.

Changes in socioeconomic conditions over time, and the subsequent changes in dietary habits, have affected not only the incidence but also the site and chemical composition of...

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  1. Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

    Dr. Burhan Edrees (Faculty of Medicine)

  2. King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Dr. Soud Al Rasheed (Professor of Pediatrics)

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

    Abdelaziz Y. Elzouki (Professor of Pediatrics) (Professor of Pediatrics)

  2. National Center of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (NCAAI), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Harb A. Harfi (Director) (Director)

  3. Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Islamic Hospital, Amman, Jordan

    Hisham M. Nazer

  4. Seattle Children's Hospital University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA

    F. Bruder Stapleton (Professor and Chair Department of Pediatrics) (Professor and Chair Department of Pediatrics)

  5. Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Woman and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, USA

    William Oh (Professor of Pediatrics) (Professor of Pediatrics)

  6. University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Richard J. Whitley (Professor of Pediatrics) (Professor of Pediatrics)

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Edrees, B., Rasheed, S. (2012). Urinary Stone Disease. In: Elzouki, A.Y., Harfi, H.A., Nazer, H.M., Stapleton, F.B., Oh, W., Whitley, R.J. (eds) Textbook of Clinical Pediatrics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02202-9_308

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